Work & commute · Clear Lake

Work & commute in Clear Lake, IL

Most working residents leave Clear Lake for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (51%), Riverton (5%) and Decatur (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

247 of 3,561 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,314 Clear Lake residents head out of town to work, 247 work right here, and 2,005 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clear Lake.

3,314live here, work elsewhere

247live and work here

2,005work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clear Lake goes to work

Springfield6.4 mi away

51%1,804

Riverton1.3 mi away

5%171

Decatur31.9 mi away

3%104

Clear Lake (in town)right here

2%75

Bloomington53.7 mi away

2%71

Chicago169.1 mi away

2%69

Jacksonville37.7 mi away

2%55

Peoria64 mi away

1%51

Woodside9.8 mi away

1%47

Sherman5.5 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,070

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Clear Lake commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

59%

10%

24%

59%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clear Lake is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.63 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Clear Lake are

2,252 jobs are based in Clear Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clear Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clear Lake

2,252 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Clear Lake residents hold

3,561 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−48%

Jobs based in Clear Lake, 2013 → 2023: 4,301 → 2,252. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.